2011 Iowa Code
TITLE XVI CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
SUBTITLE 3 CRIMINAL CORRECTIONS
CHAPTER 907 DEFERRED JUDGMENT, DEFERRED OR SUSPENDED SENTENCE, AND PROBATION
907.1 Definitions.

907.1 Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. Deferred judgment means a sentencing option whereby both the adjudication of guilt and the imposition of a sentence are deferred by the court and whereby the court assesses a civil penalty as provided in section 907.14 upon the entry of the deferred judgment. The court retains the power to pronounce judgment and impose sentence subject to the defendant s compliance with conditions set by the court as a requirement of the deferred judgment.

2. Deferred sentence means a sentencing option whereby the court enters an adjudication of guilt but does not impose a sentence. The court retains the power to sentence the defendant to any sentence it originally could have imposed subject to the defendant s compliance with conditions set by the court as a requirement of the deferred sentence.

3. Suspended sentence means a sentencing option whereby the court pronounces judgment and imposes a sentence and then suspends execution of the sentence subject to the defendant s compliance with conditions set by the court as a requirement of the suspended sentence. Revocation of the suspended sentence results in the execution of sentence already pronounced.

4. Probation means the procedure under which a defendant, against whom a judgment of conviction of a public offense has been or may be entered, is released by the court subject to supervision by a resident of this state or by the judicial district department of correctional services.*

[C79, 81, §907.1]

88 Acts, ch 1168, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 143, §3

*See §905.2